Democratic or not Flashcards
Representative Assemblies
Democratic?
By 1775, all colonies had law making assemblies whose members were elected by voters
democratic
Stamp Act
1760
First direct war on the colonist
start of revolutionary war
1775
First shots fired at Lexington and Concord Mass.
THe “shots Heard Around the World”
Democratic? THe mayflower compact
this doc. 1620 allowed people of the Plymouth Colony to make thei own laws for the benifit of the community and the colony
Democratic
French and Indian War
1763
English gain control of French Lands i North America. British Believed that the colonists had to pay costs of security. Prohibits colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains
First Continential Congresss
Sept. 1774
A commite that wants to get rid of Britians Rule
Slavery
Democratic?
in northern and southern colonies, African Americans were held in lifelong bondage to whites. In SC, slaves ooutnumbered the free 3:1
undemocratic
Boston Tea Party
1773 Beginning of the rebellion
Qualifications for Office Voting
democratic?
Colonies required fov/officals/voters to own land, be over 21 yrs old and to belong to a certain church
undemocratic
Pennsylvania
Democratic?
William Penn’s colony ofPenn. was founded on Quaker principles and allpwed free practice religions and tolerant relations witht he Native Americans
Democratic
Bostion MAssacre
1770
Snowball fight and name calling lead to British shooting dead American colonists
Representative Assembleies
Democratic?
By 1775, all colonies had law-making assemblies whose members were elected by voters
democratic
Fundamental ORders of Connecticut 1639
Democratic?
The first written constitution in colonies was drafted in 1639. Gave settlers of COnnexticut the power to elect their legislators and governor
democratic
NAme the order of Events that Happended form 1763-1776
French & Indian War 1763
Stamo Act 1760
Boston Massacre 1770
Comites of Correspondence 1773
Boston Tea Party 1773
Intolerable Acts March 1774
First Continential COngress Sept. 1774
Start of Revolutionary War 1775
2cd Continetial Congress Drafts Declaration of Independece July 3,1776
Partoonships
The dutch West India company encourages settlers in New Netherlands (New York) by granting large tracts of land on the Hudson River
undemocratic
Govonors Veto
Democratic?
LAws passed by the assembies of Royal COloines(Massachusetts, virgina, NJ, NC, and others) could be voted by the colony’s governor. Governors of Royal colonies followed instructions from the King in England
un democratic
Taxes.
Democratic?
all colonists of a colony were taxed to support a state church. In virgina, taxes were used to support the Angelican Church
undemocratic
Salem Witch Trials
Democratic?
19690’s, fear of witch craft caused about 100 people to be brought to trial as witches. At least 19 were executed as convicted “witches”
undemocratic
Maryland Act of Toleration
democratic?
1649
Allowed catholics and Protestants to worship in their own way
democratic
Intolerable Acts
MArch 1774 Parliments retalliation against colonist
Second Continental Congress Drafts declaration of independence
july 3, 1776
Rebells against britian
Royal Govonrs
THe biritish king appointed governors for most of the colonies. Only in Connecticut and Rhoe island was the govonor elected by the colonits
undemocratic
Rhode Island
Democratic?
Roger Williams founded Rhode ISland and granted settlers of the oclony the right ot worship freely
democratic
Commitees of Correspondence
1773
Urged peo0ple to resist BRitain
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